Aaron Rodgers’ New Deal With Green Bay Packers Includes $150 Million Over First Three Years

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The contract extension Aaron Rodgers signed with the Green Bay Packers makes it look like there’s a good chance they’ll be together for at least the next two seasons.

The deal that was signed Tuesday, a week after he announced he would return to the team after contemplating his future, is essentially a three-year, $150 million deal that also includes two voidable years in 2025 and 2026 that help with the motives. of salary cap, according to a cup of the contract obtained by ESPN

Rodgers, 38, had been listed in the books for a charge of $46,144,156, but that figure has been reduced by about $18 million.

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The reigning two-time league MVP will earn $41.95 million this season, which is fully guaranteed in the form of a $40.8 million roster bonus (to be treated as a signing bonus for salary-cap purposes) and a base salary of $1.15 million. His 2023 pay of $59.465 million is also guaranteed. In 2024, his $49.25 million is guaranteed only against injury at signing.

If Rodgers only played one season and then in 2023 he retired, was released or traded, then the Packers would have to absorb a massive amount of dead money of more than $68 million — another indication that he intends or will He has committed to playing at least two more seasons.

A member of the Packers’ medical staff flew in to see Rodgers this weekend and gave the physical that is required before signing any contract. Once completed, the contract was sealed.

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The Packers were $21.2 million over the salary cap before the Rodgers deal hit the books. Now, they’re getting close to being under the salary cap, which they have to do by Wednesday at 4 pm ET. They’ll need to make several more moves, though one of them isn’t expected to be Rodgers’ good friend, kicker Mason Crosby. One source said there has been no change in his status or contract despite a season in which he missed nine kicks. Crosby is scheduled to earn $3.4 million with a cap surcharge of $4.375 million

Rodgers’ return now calls into question the future of backup quarterback Jordan Love. General manager Brian Gutekunst’s decision to select Love in the 2020 draft put Rodgers’ future with the team in doubt. Shortly after the Packers drafted Love, Rodgers reiterated his desire for him not only to play past his 40th birthday but to play with the Packers. However, he said he realizes that “may not be a reality right now,” adding, “I’m not sure how that all works together at this point.”

Rodgers called his future a “beautiful mystery” late in the 2020 season and shortly after the NFC Championship Game loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he included himself in a group of players with uncertain futures.

What followed was an offseason boycott — he missed practices, organized team activities and minicamp — and during that time ESPN reported that Rodgers was so dissatisfied with the Packers that he told some in the organization that he would never I would play for them again.

When he returned to the team on the eve of training camp, Rodgers signed a restructured contract that eliminated the final year of his deal for the 2023 season, facilitating a divorce after the 2021 season.

Rodgers then broke Brett Favre’s franchise record of 442 touchdown passes last season, finishing the season with 449. Rodgers now has the opportunity to break several more Favre records, including career passing yards.

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